North American power transmission grid

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The North American power transmission grid is the vast, interconnected high-voltage network that delivers electricity across the United States, Canada, and parts of Mexico through several major synchronized interconnections.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf critical infrastructure system ⓘ
electric power transmission network ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
countryCovered Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
energySource coal-fired power plants ⓘ
hydroelectric power plants ⓘ
natural gas power plants ⓘ
nuclear power plants ⓘ
solar power plants ⓘ
wind farms ⓘ
function bulk power transmission ⓘ
interconnection of power plants and load centers ⓘ
long distance electricity delivery ⓘ
governedBy reliability standards ⓘ
hasPart Alaska Interconnection ⓘ
Eastern Interconnection ⓘ
Electric Reliability Council of Texas interconnection ⓘ
Quebec Interconnection ⓘ
Western Interconnection ⓘ
includes HVDC ties between interconnections ⓘ
includesComponent control centers ⓘ
substations ⓘ
switching stations ⓘ
transformers ⓘ
transmission lines ⓘ
interconnectionType alternating current synchronous interconnection ⓘ
operatedBy transmission companies ⓘ
utilities ⓘ
planningBody independent system operators ⓘ
regional transmission organizations ⓘ
regulatoryBody Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ⓘ
North American Electric Reliability Corporation ⓘ
risk blackouts ⓘ
cascading failures ⓘ
securityConcern cybersecurity threats ⓘ
physical attacks on infrastructure ⓘ
standardizedBy North American Electric Reliability Corporation reliability standards ⓘ
supportsSector commercial electricity consumption ⓘ
industrial electricity consumption ⓘ
residential electricity consumption ⓘ
synchronizedArea Alaska Interconnection ⓘ
Eastern Interconnection ⓘ
Electric Reliability Council of Texas interconnection ⓘ
Quebec Interconnection ⓘ
Western Interconnection ⓘ
timePeriod operational 24 hours per day ⓘ
voltageLevel high voltage ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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Eastern Interconnection → partOf → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
Eastern Interconnection → synchronizationBoundary → Quebec Interconnection ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Holyoke Gas and Electric hydroelectric facilities → connectedTo → New England electric grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Hydro-Québec → gridInterconnection → New England power grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Moses–Saunders Power Dam → gridConnection → North American power grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Muskrat Falls Generating Station → gridConnection → North American power grid ⓘ
subject linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station → gridCode → North American power grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Western Interconnection → isPartOf → North American bulk power system ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Wyman Dam → gridConnection → New England power grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Niagara River hydropower system → partOf → North American power system ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Oglethorpe Power Corporation → gridConnection → U.S. electric grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Wanapum Dam → isPartOfGrid → North American power grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Eastern Interconnection → interconnectionFamily → North American power grid ⓘ
subject linked to: EI
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Texas Interconnection → partOf → North American power transmission network ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Manitoba Hydro → gridConnection → North American power grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Don Pedro Dam hydroelectric plant → gridConnection → Western United States power grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Maritime Link → connectsTo → North American power system ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Atlantic Canada electricity system → partOf → North American power grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Hydro-Québec → gridInterconnection → North American power grid ⓘ
subject linked to: HQ
linked to: North American power transmission grid
Ontario hydroelectric system → connectsTo → North American power grid ⓘ
linked to: North American power transmission grid